Glass Art in Southern Alberta
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LSGA offers a variety of different glass art classes throughout the year, from 2-hour “taster” sessions to multi-week classes for a variety of skill levels. Please see our Classes page for more information and to browse current class offerings.
If you have an idea for a class, or would like to inquire about a private group class, please use the Contact us form.
Stained Glass
The term “stained glass” can have two meanings – it can mean glass that is coloured (“stained”) and used as a material, and it can also refer to pieces of art created using coloured glass. Stained glass art is made by cutting and arranging pieces of glass into patterns or pictures, and then soldering the pieces together to create the finished piece. Finished stained glass pieces can be both flat (e.g. windows), or three-dimensional (e.g. boxes, lamp shades, etc).
Fused Glass
Fused glass is glass that has been heated to high temperatures in a kiln, often between 1,000F – 1,700F. By manipulating the top temperature of the kiln, you can can control the finished look of your piece from “just sticking” pieces of glass together to maintain textures, to completely melting (fusing) the pieces together into one smooth piece. Most fused glass involves stacking or layering thin pieces of glass, often with different colours, patterns, or textures, together to create patterns or images. The stacked piece is then put into the kiln and heated through a controlled series of steps until the desired level of sticking and smoothing is achieved.
Mosaic Glass
Mosaic glass uses small pieces of glass which are glued or cemented onto a board or other object to create a pattern or picture. Once the pieces have been arranged and the adhesive has set, grout is often applied over the piece to fill in the spaces between glass pieces.